Background: Anemia is not a disease but it is the expression of underlying diseases and from the treatment point of view, it is necessary to identify the cause of anemia. The definition of anemia is as decrease in the number of red blood cells or the decreased percentage of hemoglobin in the blood. Anemia is such an important issue affecting a large population in India as well as worldwide, Hence, the present study was conducted to evaluate the red cell indices, haemogram and study the relation of platelet count with anaemia in anaemic (<10gm%) patients by automatic cell counter in Vikhe Patil Medical hospital. Methods: It was a prospective cross-sectional study. The sample size of research project was 100 patients, included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: In present study, equal numbers of patients suffer from macrocytic normochromic anemia and hyperchromic anemia, that is, 8 patients of each. Out of 100 patients, 61% patients showed decreased platelet count. Maximum percentage of anaemic patients showed decreased platelet count in the range of 2.5-1.5 lakhs. Least percentage of patients (16%) showed platelet count less than 0.5 lakhs/cmm 3 .
Conclusions:Screening for anaemia, treatment of anaemic women, and availability and use of food fortification (wheat flour with iron and folic acid), milk, sugar and salt with iron to build long term iron stores remains the key to reduce anemia in adolescent and pregnant women. Consumption of cheap iron-rich foodstuffs should be promoted. Effective poverty alleviation and hookworm prevention programs are also important.
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in females. Fine needle aspiration cytology plays an important role in the management of these patients. Aims and objectives: 1) To study Robinson's cytological grading on preoperative FNAC smears in cases of breast carcinoma. 2) To correlate Robinson's cytological grading with modified Scarff Bloom Richardson histopathological grading. Methods: A retrospective study was done on 50 patients of breast carcinoma over the period of 2 years from 1 st January 2018 to 31 st December 2019 at a tertiary care center. Results: Groups II and group III cases of breast carcinomas were correlated very well on cytological and histopathological grading. The sensitivity of cytological grading in the present study were 66.66%, 75% and 85.71 respectively. Specificity were 85%, 76.92% and 90.90% respectively i.e. maximum in grade III. The k value for present study showed 0.62 i.e substantial agreement. Conclusion: Cytological grading of breast carcinomas is a useful prognostic marker in the management of breast carcinoma. It is helpful in selecting the patients for modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection and neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer‑related death. Needle biopsies of lung have been used for diagnosis of lung lesions. They are done CT guided or thoracoscopic guided procedures in our institution. The aim is to study role of needle biopsy in early diagnosis of lung lesions and incidence of lung lesions in needle biopsies in our hospital with respect to age and sex.A retrospective type of study. The histopathological records of our Hospital were reviewed for needle biopsies of lung lesions between January 2019 to December 2019 (One year). 35 cases noted during this period.There were a total of 35 cases during the study period of one year. The specimens received were linear bits and average size was 0.5cm in length. Non-neoplastic lesions were eight (22.85 %) and neoplasms contributed to 15 cases (42.85%) along with inadequate biopsies (20 %) and normal lung biopsies (14.28 %).Maximum number of cases were reported in the age group of 51-70 years (28 cases) with male preponderance. In all age groups, malignant lesions were more common in which, Adenocarcinoma was predominant. To conclude, in our study malignant neoplasms predominated over non neoplastic lesions. The most common histological type encountered in this study was an Adenocarcinoma.
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